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Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Brutonville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brutonville and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • Astronomy & Satellites ...
    • Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
    • To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above, we pass this GPS location for Brutonville:
    • 33.789823, -85.864689
    • Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
    • Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Brutonville
  • Bird Watching ...
    • We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
    • The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Calhoun County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Calhoun County
    • Since Brutonville is near Tallapoosa County and also Etowah County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Tallapoosa County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Etowah County
  • Waymarking ...
    • Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Brutonville

Communities Also Named Brutonville ...

We found one communities that are also named Brutonville.

Within Alabama, the name Brutonville is unique.

Beyond Alabama, there is another community also named Brutonville in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Jackson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Brutonville [Jackson County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Brutonville ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Angel
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Angel is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angel
  • Bush
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Bush is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush
  • Cedar Springs
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Cedar Springs is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
  • Clark ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Clark is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
  • Duke
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Duke is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duke
  • Halls Chapel
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Halls Chapel is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Chapel
  • Hill Top ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Hill Top is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Top
  • Peaceburg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Peaceburg is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaceburg
  • Post Oak
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Post Oak is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Oak
  • Sulphur Springs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Sulphur Springs is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
  • Union
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Union is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
  • Weaver
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Weaver is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,030 people

How Far From Brutonville to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Brutonville to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Brutonville and extending to:

  • Anniston, which is the Seat of Calhoun County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Brutonville to Anniston, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 100 miles [160.9 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 604 miles [972 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,499 miles [10,459.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,206 miles [11,596.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,083 miles [8,180.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Brutonville could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Brutonville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<4>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Brutonville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Brutonville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.7898, Longitude: -85.8647       In this case, the coordinates for Brutonville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.13 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.694 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.861 degrees.